Matt Lewis

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1,908 appearances 31 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard yesterday

Matt Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 31 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 11.

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But it's very much an effort to justify her own position in the world. matched

She's fascinating. matched

really great. matched

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So they land on the coast of Sussex with a Norman bodyguard they've been escorted over. matched

And they're met by Godwin, who is the Earl of Wessex, the father of Harold Godwinson, who will later go on. matched

So Earl Godwin, hugely powerful nobleman in Wessex. matched

Captures Alfred. matched

He doesn't manage to get hold of Edward, reportedly, but Alfred is picked up on his way to go and see his mom. matched

And Earl Goldwyn's men kill all of those followers that have come with Alfred. matched

They slaughter all of the Norman bodyguard. matched

And he's then subjected to ritual blinding. matched

the point of this is Anglo-Saxon and throughout the medieval period, actually, ideals of kingship require you to be physically perfect. matched

You will so often see descriptions of kings and queens describe them as beautiful, handsome, all of this kind of thing. matched

Part of being a king, being appointed by God requires you to be beautiful, a vision of physical perfection. matched

So any way in which you can remove that perfection from someone eliminates them from the line of succession. matched

So blinding is one. matched

If you're blind, you can't possibly be king. matched

We see castration. matched

If you can't reproduce, you're not gonna make a viable king either. matched

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